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Curious as to what the draw was with Bob Backlund? I caught him at the tail end but fail to see the draw except for his true baby face/ howdy doodie charm
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that was it, real baby face. wrestling used to be the obvious babyface vs the obvious heel.
and he was a wrestler, wrestling used to be about wrestling moves and holds.
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you kidding me???? Backlund vs iron shiek in the garden??
Classic chicken wing move??..
oh how I miss old school...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmj2w_bob-backlund-vs-sgt-slaughter-1983_sport
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you kidding me???? Backlund vs iron shiek in the garden??
Classic chicken wing move??..
oh how I miss old school...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmj2w_bob-backlund-vs-sgt-slaughter-1983_sport
Nice video...I am sure he never blew up in the ring. Eddie Gilbert.......decent star every where else, went to WWF......jobber status.
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Nice video...I am sure he never blew up in the ring. Eddie Gilbert.......decent star every where else, went to WWF......jobber status.
I recall a bit during his title run where he did step-ups on to a chair for the entire hour while matches were going on.
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He did a political gimmick in his last run with
wwf... I think
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I believe it was in tandem with his run for office, can't recall exactly what spot if it was mayor or senator
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I recall a bit during his title run where he did step-ups on to a chair for the entire hour while matches were going on.
yes.. in the 1st video you can see this...
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classic rivalry revenge 'script'1982/83 return billy graham rested and returns as a martial artist trained in orient shaved head and gunning for title,he destroys title belt on tv and backlund cries and they have 2 matches each ending count out and discqualifiction due to backlund wanting revenge for the belt destroyed.last match lumberjack match msg and backlund wins with chicken wing graham submitted claimed he was choked due to hold .new belt is redesighned the one the sheik later on in the yr won.graham,masked superstar who swinging neck breaker on cement floor was start of backlunds title rein end building toward successor hulkamania,,and sheiks camel clutch to win title for the 1 month he had it,arnold skaaland threw in the towel during sheik match when camel clutch was applied..backlund held title 5 yrs.....
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Another part of Backlund's appeal was that even though he was "clean" and "fair" he could lay a smackdown on someone when he got riled up enough.
The "Mr. Backland"/sociopath character was too cheesy.
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Another part of Backlund's appeal was that even though he was "clean" and "fair" he could lay a smackdown on someone when he got riled up enough.
The "Mr. Backland"/sociopath character was too cheesy.
IT WAS DUMB,BOW TIE,CMON..
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IT WAS DUMB,BOW TIE,CMON..
exactly
I meant that his original character wasn't too bad.
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Stumbled on to this pic.
Andre making a heavyweight wrestler look like a kid.
(http://jkwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/31.jpg)
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exactly
I meant that his original character wasn't too bad.
i agree original backlund was good..one of my fav's as kid during 5 yr reign..
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From the few Backlund matches I seen he always gave me the same type of positive "gung ho" "thumbs" up vibe that Jim Duggan and that Eugene character had.